Ornamental veneering



PATENT Fries.

FREDERICK KOSKUL, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

GRNAIVIENTAL VENEERING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 233,775, dated October 26, 1880.

Application filed July 17, 1880. (Specimens) To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FREDERICK KosKUL, of Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Ornamental Veneering, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to furnish ornamental material in colors and plain or decorated for use in veneering surfaces of wood and other material.

My invention consists in veneer of metallic foil, which is decorated by paint or lacquer, then varnished, and baked to set the varnish, when it is ready for use.

The details of manufacture and modifications of the same are set forth in the fOllowing description: I prefer to use tin-foil for the purpose; but any metallic foil can be used. This I surface with paint orlacquer, and decorate or ornament in any desired manner. I do not limit myself to any special manner of decoration, as there are many ways in Which it may be done. It may be simply plain color, and any desired design may be printed thereon. The foil may have lines raised in relief to form the outline of the ornamentation, and the colors be then applied with a brush. After the foil is painted or decorated I coat the surface with varnish. I prefer to use a bakingvarnish-that is to say, a varnish which will harden without cracking when baked with heat-although most any varnish will stand a certain degree of heat. After the varnish is dry I subject the prepared foil to pressure to render it smooth, and then bake the same to harden the varnish and lacquer and prevent the surface from cracking. In some cases, when the baking is done by a strong heat, the pressing of the veneer may be dispensed with; but I prefer pressing in all cases, as it not only will assist in preventing cracks, but saves the necessity of rubbing down the surface. After preparation in this manner the veneer is ready for application. It may be applied toxflat, rounded, concave, and other surfaces. Cement of suitable character is to be used for attaching the veneer. This veneering material is durable and can be used to advantage for many purposes for which wood veneer is now used. It may be made highly ornamental, and ornamented in a manner suited to the work for which it is used. The veneeri-ng material of metallic foil prepared in this manner is a new article of manufacture.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A process of treating metallic foil to form veneers, which consists in, first, painting or lacqueringit; secondly, varnishingit; thirdly, baking it and,fourthly, subjectin git to pressure, as set forth.

2. As an improved article of manufacture, a veneer formed of metallic foil, a layer of paint or lacquer, and an outside layer of varnish, as described.

FREDERICK KOSKUL.

WVitnesses:

LINCOLN BOWEN, FRED S. CLARK. 

